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Government Quotes
"What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government."
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"I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it.'"
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"No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government."
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"President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government."
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"Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to."
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"The government has made $44 trillion in promises we can't afford to keep. We must get serious now about our long-term budgetary problems, recognizing that the sooner we act, the less painful the choices will be."
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"An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting."
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"The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way."
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"There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point."
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"The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act."
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"There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation."
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"I know that Duke made a number of demands, including that the attorney general drop its investigation. We have no intention of asking the attorney general to do that."
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"The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government."
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"In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down."
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"That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy."
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"Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it."
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"The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion."
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"I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here."
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"I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government."
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"During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them."
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"The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals."
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"The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level."
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"These guys were the real owners of the country, and for them to discuss with this young guy who becomes a member of the government was absolutely unacceptable."
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"The objective of the demonstrators is to win the affection of the armed agents of the government. Most of the Kiev police have now pledged their support for the people."
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"Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens' access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement."
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"Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government."
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"Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq."
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"As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press."
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"Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of State government."
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"Government frequently has a problem recognizing perception versus reality."
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"These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy."
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"Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government."
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"I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990."
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"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."
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"Truth is the glue that holds government together."
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"Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government."
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"The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day."
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"First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot."
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"This is government. There is no entertainment."
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"Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights."
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"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."
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"When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America."
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"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking."
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"So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to have government that looks like America, if we want to have government that is truly a representative Democracy, then we need to clearly address how we get our campaign laws out of the way of Democracy."
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"War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters."
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"First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government."
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"I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me."
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"The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members."
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